Truss brace



Nov. 4, 1930.

. L. F. CROWLEY TRUSS BRACE Filed April 21, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l provide a rigid and secure connection for and (are welded or otherwise secured thereto. 60 the element. Those portions of the inner edges of the side 50. of the trough 10 and the lower portions of rable.

Patented Nov. 4,1930 2 .v i 7 i r i L NlTED a STATES OFFICE v nmiiuv r. CROWLEY, or vrnonivivnsrivnrana I I riwss BitAoE l i 7 Application filed April 21, 1928. Serial 110,271,875.

This invention relates to truss braces and said edges incline-downwardly and outwardmore particularly to a brace for connecting 1y from the bottom of the trough. the beam and legs-of the type of truss gen- Means are provided for connecting the erally knownas a saw horse. portions 20iofthe side wall edges whichin-' 5 An important object of the invention is cline toward the outer edge of the side wall 55 to provide a device of this character which to the outer face of the associated sidewall may be manufactured from sheet metal and of the trough 10, these portions of the which accordingly will be very light in side Walls preferably having flanges 21 I Weight and which, at the same time, will whichabut the side wall 15 of the trough Y A further object of the invention is to walls 19 which parallel .the outer edges produce a device of this character which thereof are likewise provided with flanges, may be readily and cheaply manufactured, indicated at 22. The adjacent edges of the 15 which will be durable and eflicient in servflanges 22 are provided with outturned 65 ice and a general improvement in the art. flanges23 which'are securedto one another.'

These and other objects I attain by the The flanges 23are madeof such'length that construction shown in the accompanying they overlap the flanges 23 of the other of drawings, wherein for the purpose of illusthesockets and securing elements 24 are ditration is shown a preferred embodiment ofrected through these'overlapped portions to '70 my invention and wherein connect them to one-another, so that the Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a two sockets are rigidly connected. fThe truss brace constructed in accordance with outerwall18'is apertur'edffor the passage my invention; of securing elements 25 to engage the legs 25 Figure 2 is a fragmentary plan of the 13 inserted'in these sockets. r 75 blank from Which the a e is P duced; The trough lO and sockets 12 are made of Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view a size toreceive standard beams. .In the through the brace; present instance, each of these elements is 2 Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional View constructed toreceive a standard dressed on the line 1-4=, of-Figure 3; r 2X 4. I 1

Figure 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of It Wlll be understood thattwo of the units Figure 3. just described will be employed 1n the con- Referring now more particularly to the struction of. each trussand the end of the drawings, the brace comprises a trough 10. beam 11 Wlll be placed in the troughs of these to receive the. beam 11' of the truss and units and secured therein by securing means sockets 12 to receive the legs 13 thereof; 16 which passes through the apertures 16. The trough comprises a bottom wall 14 upon Legs of desired length are then cut and after which the beam mayseat and sidewalls 15 bevehngioneface thereof, as indicated at 26, adapted to fit closely against the sides of to fit Wlthlll the tapered upper portion of the 40 thebeam and having apertures 16 for the socket, they are inserted in the sockets and passage of .securin g elements to engage the secured in position thereln by the elements 25. beam. The sockets-12 eachcomprise a top The troughlO is of elongated formation, the wall 17. which is. integrally secured to the sockets 12 are secured to the s des of the upper edge of the trough along one edge trough centrally between the ends of the lat- 45 thereof and at its opposite edge to, the outer ter,the.sockets extend below the trough, and Wall 18 of the socket. This outer wall is the flanges 28 by which the sockets are conplane and has secured thereto side walls 19. nected' are arranged below the trough and at The upper portions of the inner edges of the vertical center of the trough and sockets, the side walls 19 are parallel to the sides whereby to render the. brace strong and du- It will be obvious that with a construction of this character, any of the elements of the truss may be removed and replaced very readily. The structure of the brace being ex- 5 tremely light will enable a light truss to be produced and, at the same time, will very rigidly connect these elements.

Since the construction hereinbefore set forth is capable of a certain range of change and modification without materially departing from the spirit of the invention, I do not limit myself to such specific structure except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim r l 1. A truss brace comprising atrough, sock ets secured to the sides of the trough and extending below the trough, flanges secured to the socket below the trough and at the verticalcenter of the trough and sockets, and

means connecting the flanges together.

2. A truss brace comprising an elongated trough, sockets secured to the sides of the trough centrally between the ends of the trough, the sockets extending below the trough, and flanges extending from one socket to the other at a point below and atthevertical center of the trough and sockets.

3. A truss brace comprising sockets each embodying an outer wall, side walls and a top '30 wall, the top walls being connected at their outer edges to the upper edges of the outer walls, and the side walls having the upper portions of their inner edges arranged vertically and thelower portions of said edges inclined downwardly and outwardly, a

trough arrangedbetween said vertical edge portionsand having the upper edges of its sides connected to the inner edges of the top walls, upper flanges secured to said vertical edge portions and to the sides of the trough,

lower flanges securedto said inclined edge portions, and flanges secured to said lower flanges and arranged in overlapping relation and secured together, said last flangesbeing arranged at the vertical center of the trough and sockets. v i Y Y In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

vLILLIAN F. CROWLEY. 

